Helen Clawson Wells papers 1814-1995

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Helen Clawson Wells papers 1814-1995

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The Helen Clawson Wells papers (1814-1995) contain organizational papers and records of the Salt Lake City Shade Tree Commission, Utah Association of Shade Tree Commission, and the State Arboretum of Utah. Also present are materials from inventor Selden Clawson and a limited amount of information on Brigham Young, Mary Ann Angell Young, and Hiram and Alice Young Clawson. Helen Wells Clawson was a civic worker in Salt Lake City devoted to the cultivation and propagation of trees.

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J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division

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Utah Association of Shade Tree Commissions.

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Wells, Helen Clawson, 1890- .

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Helen Clawson Wells was born on 27 December 1890 in Salt Lake City to Selden Irwin and Clara Morris Clawson. She received her degree in kindergarten education from the University of Utah and taught for two years prior to her marriage to W. Seymour Wells in 1915. Because of her devotion to the cultivation of trees, she was often called the "tree lady of Utah." She was involved in many garden and tree organizations, as well as the Art Barn, the Astronomical Society, the Memory Park Committee, the ...

Salt Lake City Shade Tree Commission.

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State Arboretum of Utah

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Clawson family

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